diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5ecfae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ *  IXSocketSChannel.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+#include "IXSocketSChannel.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <basetsd.h>
+# include <WinSock2.h>
+# include <ws2def.h>
+# include <WS2tcpip.h>
+# include <io.h>
+#else
+
+namespace ix 
+{
+    SocketSChannel::SocketSChannel()
+    {
+        ;
+    }
+
+    SocketSChanne::~SocketSChannel()
+    {
+        
+    }
+
+    bool SocketSChannel::connect(const std::string& host,
+                                 int port,
+                                 std::string& errMsg)
+    {
+        return Socket::connect(host, port, errMsg);
+    }
+
+    void SocketSChannel::close()
+    {
+        Socket::close();
+    }
+
+    int SocketSChannel::send(char* buf, size_t nbyte)
+    {
+        return Socket::send(buf, nbyte);
+    }
+
+    int SocketSChannel::send(const std::string& buffer)
+    {
+        return Socket::send(buffer);
+    }
+
+    int SocketSChannel::recv(void* buf, size_t nbyte)
+    {
+        return Socket::recv(buf, nbyte);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7698ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketSChannel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ *  IXSocketSChannel.h
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "IXSocket.h"
+
+namespace ix 
+{
+    class SocketSChannel : public Socket 
+    {
+    public:
+        SocketAppleSSL();
+        ~SocketAppleSSL();
+
+        virtual bool connect(const std::string& host, 
+                             int port,
+                             std::string& errMsg) final;
+        virtual void close() final;
+
+        virtual int send(char* buffer, size_t length) final;
+        virtual int send(const std::string& buffer) final;
+        virtual int recv(void* buffer, size_t length) final;
+
+    private:
+    };
+
+}
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
index df8373ac..f553363f 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #  include "IXSocketAppleSSL.h"
 # elif defined(__linux__)
 #  include "IXSocketOpenSSL.h"
+# elif defined(_WIN32)
+#  include "IXSocketSChannel.h"
 # endif
 #endif
 
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ namespace ix {
              _socket = std::make_shared<SocketAppleSSL>();
 # elif defined(__linux__)
              _socket = std::make_shared<SocketOpenSSL>();
+# elif defined(_WIN32)
+             _socket = std::make_shared<SocketSChannel>();
 # endif
 #else
             return WebSocketInitResult(false, 0, "TLS is not supported.");